KEENE, N.H. – On a day where the Keene State College women's lacrosse team honored its four seniors, the Owls finished their regular season strong by defeating Rhode Island College 17-1 Saturday at the Owl Athletic Complex.
Records
- Keene State: 7-10, 4-3 LEC
- Rhode Island College: 1-15, 0-7 LEC
Postgame Interview (Coach Wyant)
Postgame Interview (Mindy St. Marie)
How it Happened
As a part of the Senior Day festivities, Keene State honored seniors
Emma Rochefort,
Jackie DeAngelis,
Haile Ratajack and
Mindy St. Marie before the game. Once the contest began, the Owls scored early and often. St. Marie assisted on the opening goal of the game from sophomore attacker
Lola Smith 37 seconds into the game. Junior attacker
Hannah Dworkin then followed up with an unassisted goal at 11:09. Then the seniors for the Owls took over. St. Marie scored at 3:55, before Ratajack closed out the first quarter with two goals.
St. Marie and Ratajack, the two leading goal scorers for the Owls, each scored another goal in the second quarter. Meanwhile, freshman midfielder
Tess Brown scored twice in the frame. Keene State went into halftime up 9-0.
The Owls emerged from the break with another five goals in the third quarter. Ratajack scored twice more, while St. Marie, DeAngelis and freshman midfielder
Riley Devine each scored once. Rhode Island College opened the fourth with its only goal of the game. After that, St. Marie, DeAngelis and Dworkin each scored again to bring the Owls to their sixth victory in their last nine games.
Inside the Crease
- Keene State has won all 26 games in its program's history against Rhode Island College.
- The last time the Owls allowed one goal in a game was on March 10, 2020, in a 14-1 win against Colby-Sawyer College. It was the last game Keene State played before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- KSC tied a season high in shots on goal with 28. The other game where that happened this season was on April 6 against New England College, which the Owls won 13-3.
Up Next
As a result of the victory, the Owls secured the No. 4 seed in the LEC Women's Lacrosse Tournament. Keene State will host No. 5 Eastern Connecticut State University on Tuesday, May 2 at 6 p.m. In the only prior meeting between the two teams this season on April 1, Keene State defeated Eastern Connecticut State at home 19-6.
